Here is something you can do with images
you downloaded. Some are more basic while and some are more
advance. You may find some of the techniques helpful and
suitable to your needs. Try it yourself and you will have fun with
it.

The image on the right is an example of what you can do with image manipulation.
The original is from our gallery.
With the original image, you may do as the following.

Further more, you may combine
these
techniques to create a more sophisticated result. The
sample above was created using techniques 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and also other advance features such as fade image,
drop shadows and inner shadow.

Your image manipulation software may not
have all the feature available. Still you can use whatever software you have
to create quite sophisticated image. Again the limit is your
imagination. Hope that some of techniques I presented can help you
get started.